{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Courtney Spence: Empowering Social Storytellers","description":"Welcome to the Cinema of Change podcast with Tobias Deml and Robert Rippberger. Cinema of Change is a magazine and community that challenges the conventions of film and its ability to effect change in the world. Join us for Empowering Social Storytellers with our guest Courtney Spence. Courtney Spence is an enrepreneur and storyteller. She founded Students of the World as an undergraduate at Duke University, and for the last 15 years has worked to support storytellers looking to make an impact in the world. In this episode we ask Courtney, what can you do starting out to create Cinema of Change? How can you best build community and allies around your projects? And how do you run a media company that fuels social change? In this episode: 00:27 \u2013 Intro: Social Storytellers 01:39 \u2013 What to do with your potential? 06:44 \u2013 Why create an organization that empowers filmmakers? 08:52 \u2013 Don\u2019t wait until you\u2019re powerful later \u2013 do it now 10:21 \u2013 How to deal with cynics and criticism 13:57 \u2013 How to make your nonprofit survive financially 16:37 \u2013 The Evolution of your own Impact 19:24 \u2013 How has the Impact landscape changed over the last 10 years 23:53 \u2013 How can we use Universities as breeding ground for Social Change Media? 29:39 \u2013 What makes Cinema so powerful and transformative? 31:39 \u2013 How can film help us reflect and learn? 34:58 \u2013 A decade of tips for starting your own film nonprofit 39:19 \u2013 Be financially wise with your nonprofit   41:18 \u2013 Outro We hope you find this conversation interesting and evocative. Subscribe to make sure you don\u2019t miss an episode and visit the magazine at cinemaofchange.com. Until next time, be the change that you want to see in the world. And then turn it into cinema. ","author_name":"Cinema of Change","author_url":"http:\/\/cinemaofchange.com","html":"